Midfielder, Reneilwe Letsholonyane has said that he sees his call up to the national team for the international friendly games against Japan and Jamaica respective as a ‘reward of all the hard work he has been doing in the past couple of months’.

The Kaizer Chiefs no. 6 was once more instrumental as his side came back with all the available points against Free State Stars at Charles Mopeli on Saturday night and was rewarded with an Absa Premiership Man of the Match Award at the end of the game for his efforts.

“I have put lot of effort in improving all aspects of my game in the past couple of months and this is now paying off. I always believe that if you have a support of your colleagues, Technical Team together with the Management everything is possible in football. I thank them once more for their support, we have all been working hard because we know there is nothing that beats hard work,” he told kaizerchiefs.com from Bafana Bafana camp on Sunday night.

“We are one family at Chiefs which has really helped us to stand together throughout thick and thin. On Saturday we followed the coach’s instructions. He always encourages us to keep the ball on the ground and play to our strengths and we did exactly that. The game itself was tough as Free State Stars are never pushovers…we are all happy with the result,” he said.

The hard work Yeye has been putting on his game has obviously caught attention of the national team selectors, “I appreciate the opportunity that I have been given by Bafana Bafana Technical Team to be in the national team. It is a great feeling indeed. We are all looking forward to the next two games against Japan and Jamaica. They will be both tough but we are playing at home which is an advantage for us,” he said.